Chinese customer receives CFDA approval for EBM manufactured orthopedic implant

Arcam AB, listed on NASDAQ Stockholm, and leading supplier of Additive
Manufacturing solutions, announces that a new hip system from Beijing AK Medical
is now formally approved by the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration. This
is China's first CFDA marketing approval for an additively manufactured
orthopedic implant.
Beijing AK Medical, a Chinese orthopedics implant industry leader, and Professor
Zhongjun Liu and Professor Ke Zhang of Peking University Third Hospital have
been working closely together on this project. After six years of product
design, biological tests, biomechanics and clinical validations, and regulatory
approval processes, the 3D ACT hip system has finally received marketing
authorization.

“We are very happy that our customer Beijing AK Medical received this first ever
CFDA approval for an Additively Manufactured implant in China. This confirms how
our EBM technology is leading the way in additive manufacturing of implants”,
says Magnus René, CEO of Arcam.

“With this CFDA approval in place we look forward to a continued strong growth
in the Chinese market”, says Jane Chen, General Manager of Arcam (Beijing)
Industrial Equipment Ltd.
For further information please contact:
Magnus René, CEO Arcam AB
Tel: 46 31 710 32 00, alt. cell: 46 702 79 89 99, or e-mail:
magnus.rene@arcam.com
Arcam Group provides cost-efficient Additive Manufacturing solutions for
production of metal components. Arcam’s Electron Beam Melting (EBM®) technology
offers design freedom combined with excellent material properties and high
productivity. Arcam is, through its solution orientation and comprehensive
product offering, an innovative partner for advanced manufacturing, primarily
for the aerospace and medical industries. Arcam offers EBM systems through Arcam
AB in Sweden, powder metals through AP&C in Canada and implant contract
manufacturing through DiSanto in the U.S.The company is listed on Nasdaq
Stockholm and the Head Office is located in Mölndal, Sweden.

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